A procedural sedation mouthpiece
AssigneeStairway Medical AB
InventorsJonas Åkeson, Magnus Ljungvall, Michael Braian, Thomas List
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Abstract
A mouthpiece for providing a free upper airway during procedural sedation, the mouthpiece can include a body having an airway channel extending from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, wherein the first end is an anterior end of the body and the second end is a posterior end of the body. Preferably, a first stop supported by the body can be configurated to control the insertion depth of the body into the oral cavity of a patient, a second stop can be supported by the body, and a thermoplastic element can be supported by the body.
Claims15
A mouthpiece for providing a free upper airway during procedural sedation, the mouthpiece comprising:
- a body comprising an airway channel extending from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, wherein the first end is an anterior end of the body and the second end is a posterior end of the body,
- a first stop supported by the body configured to control the insertion depth of the body into the oral cavity of a patient,
- a second stop supported by the body,
- a thermoplastic element supported by the body, the thermoplastic element having a malleable state in which the thermoplastic element is configured to receive a dental impression from the patient and a set state for allowing fixation of the dental impression, wherein the thermoplastic element is arranged between the first stop and the second stop such that anterior and posterior movement of the thermoplastic element in relation to the body is restricted by means of the first stop and the second stop, respectively.
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